§ 156-62. Examination of lands and preliminary report.
§ 156‑62. Examination of lands and preliminary report.
The board of viewers shall proceed to examine the land described in thepetition, and other land if necessary to locate properly such improvement orimprovements as are petitioned for, along the route described in the petition,or any other route answering the same purpose if found more practicable orfeasible, and may make surveys such as may be necessary to determine theboundaries and elevation of the several parts of the district, and shall make andreturn to the clerk of the superior court within 30 days, unless the time shallbe extended by the court, a written report, which shall set forth:
(1) Whether the proposed drainage is practicable or not.
(2) Whether it will benefit the public health or any publichighway or be conducive to the general welfare of the community.
(3) Whether the improvement proposed will benefit the landssought to be benefited.
(4) Whether or not all the lands that are benefited areincluded in the proposed drainage district.
(5) Whether or not the district proposed to be formed is to bea reclamation district or an improvement district. A reclamation district isdefined to be a district organized principally for reclaiming lands not alreadyunder cultivation. An improvement district is defined to be a districtorganized principally for the improvement of lands then under cultivation. Theboard of viewers shall further report, if the district is a reclamationdistrict within the above definition, whether or not the proposed drainagewould be justified by the additional value for agricultural purposes given toland so drained.
They shall also file with this report a map of the proposed drainagedistrict, showing the location of the ditch or ditches or other improvement tobe constructed and the lands that will be affected thereby, and such otherinformation as they may have collected that will tend to show the correctnessof their findings. (1909, c. 442, s.3; C.S., s. 5320; 1927, c. 98, s. 2.)